A host of images showing the long-awaited
2021 Mercedes-AMG GT R Black Series have surfaced on social media, revealing
the car’s bold exterior design. Mercedes-AMG has been feverishly testing the
flagship variant of the AMG GT at the Nurburgring for months now. It is the
most track-focused version of the car and the spiritual successor to the brutal
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series. The design is wild, to say the least.
Located at the front is an enlarged
Panamericana grille alongside an extended carbon fiber splitter and some subtle
canards. Interestingly, the front end lacks the additional air intakes of
lesser AMG GT models as the swollen front grille alone is now capable of
gobbling down all the air necessary. Elsewhere, we can see the AMG GT R Black
Series has a bespoke hoods with air vents and louvers on the front wheel
arches.
Spin around to the sides and you will see
extended side skirts and a set of matte black wheels wrapped in Michelin
rubber. The bold aerodynamic changes continue at the rear with a new wing that
includes a second ‘wing’ in between the two uprights. AMG has also designed a
bespoke bumper and diffuser package.
Yesterday, reports surfaced that the AMG
GT R Black Series’ 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine has been upgraded to
no less than 710 hp and 850 Nm of torque. That is significantly
more than the 577 hp and 700 Nm of the GT R Pro and has allegedly been
enough to send the car around the Nurburgring in 6 minutes and 58 seconds, or
about 6.6 seconds quicker than the GT R Pro and 13 seconds behind the Aventador
SVJ which holds the production car lap record at 6:44.97 minutes.
